Overview

The department has particularly strong concentrations of faculty expertise in the areas of: Aging and the Life Course; Environmental Sociology; Family and Carework; Global and Transnational Sociology; Political Sociology; Race, Class and Gender; and the Sociology of Development.

The Master's degree in Sociology from Boston College is particularly suitable for students planning to subsequently apply to Ph.D. programs in order to prepare for scholarly careers in teaching at colleges and research universities, although it can also be useful for students interested in practicing sociology in an applied setting (e.g., academic administration or policy research).

Learning Outcomes

Placement: Ph.D. students will be able to obtain a post-doctoral fellowship, assistant professorship, or Ph.D.-level position in the applied social sciences outside of academia. M.A. students will be able to gain admittance to a Ph.D. program or obtain a M.A.-level position in the applied social sciences outside of academia.

Ethics: Students will be able to understand the ethical dimensions of the field and follow ethical practices within all areas of their work.

Breadth and depth of knowledge: Students will be able to identify the major methodological approaches and theoretical debates within the field.

Service: Students will be able to contribute to the administrative functioning of their work unit (e.g., academic department) and/or to the administrative functioning of professional organizations (e.g., American Sociological Association).

Teaching: Ph.D. students will be able to independently design and teach a course.

Research: Students will be able to identify significant research problems and follow through with justification for appropriate data collection, analysis, and interpretation.

Research: Students will be able to produce original research and publish it in journals in Sociology, its subfields, and/or allied fields.

Research: Students will be able to efficiently and effectively present their research to other scholars in the field as well as lay audiences.

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Global and Transnational Sociology
Studies in Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
Statistics
Regression Models for Categorical Data
Social Inquiry Research Seminar
Classical Social Theory
Topics in Environmental Sociology
Environmental Sociology Workshop

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-31 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

30 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Newton, United States

Disciplines

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English requirements

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The MCGS application fee is $75 and may be paid online after submitting your application form.

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